Steve Crowe, chair of RoboBusiness, introduced the “State of Robotics” panel at RoboBusiness 2025.
RoboBusiness 2026, which will be on Oct. 20 and 21 in Santa Clara, Calif., today opened its call for speakers. It has been the premier event for discussions around commercial robotics development and industry trends for 20 years.
Tracks at this year’s event will include:
- Physical AI: Explore approaches and technologies that help robots learn from sensor data, adapt to dynamic situations, and learn to perform new tasks in less time.
- Enabling Technologies: From motion control to vision and software, learn how advances in enabling technologies are making robots more productive.
- Humanoids: Discussions will focus on designing, developing and deploying humanoid robots for industrial applications.
- Field Robotics: Sessions will share best practices for designing, developing and deploying robots for outdoor applications in agriculture, construction, and more.
- Development: Learn how to make robots more robust with the latest in CAD/CAM, simulation, programming, engineering methodologies, manufacturability, and more.
- Business & Deployment: Insights into investments sources, go-to-market strategies, startup scaling, deployment strategies, and other business challenges.
Past presenters include Jeff Burnstein, president of the Association for Advancing Automation (A3); Ken Goldberg, the William S. Floyd Jr. Distinguished Chair in Engineering at UC Berkeley; and Deepu Talla, vice president of robotics and edge AI at NVIDIA.
Some of the speakers from RoboBusiness 2025.
RoboBusiness 2026 speaker benefits and submission deadline
All speakers receive a complimentary full registration, granting admission to all keynotes, general sessions, panels, and special events. In addition, speakers will get complimentary guest registrations for up to two guests.
The deadline for submitting speaker proposals is July 8, 2026. Please fill out this form to enter a talk for consideration at RoboBusiness.
For questions regarding conference programming, contact Steve Crowe at scrowe[AT]wtwhmedia.com.
RoboBusiness is also looking for investors and emerging startups to compete in the annual Pitchfire Robotics Startup Competition.
For information about sponsorship and exhibition opportunities, please contact Colleen Sepich at csepich[AT]wtwhmedia.com. WTWH Media, which produces The Robot Report, Automated Warehouse, and RoboBusiness, also produces the Robotics Summit & Expo.
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